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A light might not help you. The police might think that it's a laser sight, and be even more likely to shoot you: The officers claim that the Taser projected
by nkurz 11y ago
A light might not help you. The police might think that it's a laser sight, and be even more likely to shoot you:
The officers claim that the Taser projected a red light, which they assumed was the laser sight of a handgun, and feared for their lives. At 7.18:43pm, Schiff and Sawyer began barraging Nieto with .40-calibre bullets.
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/mar/21/death-by-gentrification-the-killing-that-shamed-san-francisco http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/mar/21/death-by-gent...
- bfuller 11y agoFlashlights are also commonly attached to firearms. In fact, it would be hard to distinguish between someone holding a phone with a light on or someone holding a gun with a light attached. I'm not defending police brutality, but these are often difficult situations.